Government announces appointments to Chinese Medicine Development Committee and its subcommittees
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Professor Chan Wing-kwong and Mr Tommy Li Ying-sang are reappointed as the Chairmen of the CMPSC and the CMISC respectively. To provide young people with more opportunities to take part in public affairs, the newly appointed non-official members of the CMDC also include two young individuals recruited under the Member Self-recommendation Scheme for Youth (MSSY). The aforementioned appointments will take effect from February 1, 2025, for a term of two years.
Moreover, the Government announced the appointment of the Hospital Chief Executive of The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (CMHHK) (or representative) as an ex-officio member of the CMDC, and the appointment of the representative(s) from CMHHK as an ex-officio member of the three subcommittees (i.e. the CMPSC, the CMISC and the Chinese Medicine Development Blueprint Subcommittee (CMDBSC)) under the CMDC, with a view to highlighting the hospital’s significant role in leading the development of Chinese medicine (CM) in Hong Kong.
The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, expressed gratitude to the outgoing members of the CMDC, the CMPSC and the CMISC for their contributions to the development of CM during their tenure, including the formulation of the framework of the Chinese Medicine Development Blueprint, and said he looked forward to working closely with the members of the new term to capitalise on the characteristics and strengths of CM in Hong Kong and promote the high-quality and high-standard development of CM in Hong Kong on all fronts through concerted efforts, thereby developing Hong Kong into a bridgehead for the internationalisation of CM.
Chaired by the Secretary for Health, the CMDC gives recommendations to the Government concerning the direction and long-term strategies for CM development in Hong Kong with regard to four key areas, namely the development of CM services, personnel training and professional development, scientific research and development, as well as development of the Chinese medicines industry. Since its establishment in 2013, the CMDC has been providing valuable advice to the Government on an array of important issues in relation to CM in Hong Kong, including the establishment of CMHHK, the development of integrated Chinese-Western medicine services, the implementation of the Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards Project, the setting up of the Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute and the formulation of the Blueprint. The CMPSC and the CMISC are two standing subcommittees under the CMDC, focusing deliberation on various areas respectively. In order to gather a wider spectrum of views when formulating the Blueprint, the Government established the CMDBSC under the CMDC in September last year to make recommendations to the CMDC on concrete strategies for the overall development of CM, as well as the short, medium and long-term objectives and feasible initiatives for the long-term planning.
The membership lists of the CMDC and its three subcommittees to be effective from February 1, 2025, are as follows:
The CMDC
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Chairman
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Secretary for Health
Non-official members
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#Professor Dawn Au Ching-tung
#Professor Chair Sek-ying
*Professor Chan Wing-kwong
#Dr Billy Chiu Chi-fai
#Professor Amy Chow Yin-man
#Professor Kenny Chung Kiu-lam
*Professor Feng Yibin
#Professor Huang Xianzhang
*Dr Lam Pui-yan
#Professor Li Min
*Mr Tommy Li Ying-sang
*Professor Lin Zhixiu
#Dr Liong Ching
*Ms Lui Kam-oi
#Mrs Mak Tang Wai-man
#@Ms Mok Hei-ting
#@Mr Samuel Mok Kam-sum
#Ms Winnie Ng Wing-mui
#Professor Douglas So Cheung-tak
*Mr Ting Wing-fai
#Professor Hector Tsang Wing-hong
#Dr Wong Hung-ngan
#Mr Kenlay Wong Kong-hui
#Professor Justin Wu Che-yuen
#Professor Yeung Wing-fai
Ex-officio members
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Permanent Secretary for Health
Commissioner for Innovation and Technology (or representative)
Director of Health (or representative)
Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority (or representative)
Hospital Chief Executive of CMHHK (or representative)
The CMPSC
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Chairman
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*Professor Chan Wing-kwong
Non-official members
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*Dr Au Cheuk-wing
#Professor Chan Fong-yeung
#Mr Chan Kai-yan
*Mr Cheung Yi-chung
*Mr William Cheung Yu-ho
*Dr Kevin Chu Ka-wing
*Dr Ho Yuen-shan
#Dr Ku Ping-yui
*Dr Lam Chun-pong
*Ms Lam Wai-king
*Dr Henry Lee Kai-ping
*Ms Lin Wing-han
*Ms Alma Ling
*Mr Penny Ling Kwan-yee
*Mr Eddie Lo Ting-yu
#Dr Philip Ma Kei-chuen
#Mr Gerry Ma Kwai-yung
#Professor Shamay Ng Sheung-mei
#Dr Su Jing
*Dr Miranda Wong Tsz-yan
#Dr Wong Yuet-ming
Ex-officio members
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Representative(s) from the Health Bureau
Representative(s) from the Department of Health
Representative(s) from the Hospital Authority
Representative(s) from CMHHK
The CMISC
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Chairman
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*Mr Tommy Li Ying-sang
Non-official members
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*Ms Michelle Au Yeung Fung-ying
*Dr Chan Kei-wai
#Mr Chan Man-hon
#Mr Eugene Chu Lap-shing
*Dr Ho Chi-ming
*Mr Kwok Tsz-ming
#Mr Lam Chun-hong
*Dr Lam Wing-ho
#Professor Clara Lau Bik-san
#Dr Grace Lau Sze-ngar
#Ms Li Ka-yan
#Mr Coty Lui Wai-keung
*Professor Shen Jiangang
#Mr Derek Sum Kwong-yip
*Mr Nicholas Wong Lup-hoi
*Ms Wong Sau-wan
*Mr Edward William Yau Fook-wing
*Mr Yip Yue-keung
#Professor Joan Zuo Zhong
Ex-officio members
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Representative(s) from the Health Bureau
Representative(s) from the Department of Health
Representative(s) from the Innovation and Technology Commission
Representative(s) from CMHHK
The CMDBSC
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Chairman
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Commissioner for Chinese Medicine Development (Dr Vincent Chung Chi-ho)
Non-official members
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Chairman of the CMPSC (Professor Chan Wing-kwong)
Chairman of the CMISC (Mr Tommy Li Ying-sang)
^Convener of the Working Group on the Development of Chinese Medicine Services (Dr Liong Ching)
^Convener of the Working Group on the Development of Chinese Medicine Industry and Cultural Popularisation (Professor Dawn Au Ching-tung)
^Convener of the Working Group on the Development of Chinese Medicine Profession and Talent Cultivation (Professor Kenny Chung Kiu-lam)
Representative of the School of Chinese Medicine of the Hong Kong Baptist University (Professor Li Min)
Representative of the School of Chinese Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Dr Sarah Chan Sze-nga)
Representative of the School of Chinese Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (Professor Shen Jiangang)
Professor Chair Sek-ying
Mr Chan Lin-chuen
Ms Jojo Chan Wing-yin
Mr Abraham Chan Yu-ling
Mr Chua Hoi-wai
Mr Koo Hoi-lun
Dr Kwok Tsz-kin
Mr Lam Chun-hong
Professor Cindy Lam Lo-kuen
Professor Simon Lee Ming-yuen
Professor Gilberto Leung Ka-kit
Professor Hector Tsang Wing-hong
Dr Wong Hung-ngan
Mr Nicholas Wong Lup-hoi
Ex-officio members
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Representative(s) from the Health Bureau
Representative(s) from the Department of Health
Representative(s) from the Hospital Authority
Representative(s) from CMHHK
Note:
# Newly appointed non-official members
* Reappointed non-official members
@ Joined under the MSSY
^ The Working Group on the Development of Chinese Medicine Services, the Working Group on the Development of Chinese Medicine Industry and Cultural Popularisation, and the Working Group on the Development of Chinese Medicine Profession and Talent Cultivation are the working groups under the CMDBSC
Ends/Monday, January 27, 2025
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